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Liftoff of Vega VV01
ESA’s new Vega launcher scores success on maiden flight
 
13 February 2012   PR 3 2012 - Vega, ESA’s new launch vehicle, is ready to operate alongside the Ariane 5 and Soyuz launchers after a successful qualification flight this morning from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

All-sky image of molecular gas seen by Planck and previous surve
Planck steps closer to the cosmic blueprint
 
13 February 2012   ESA’s Planck mission has revealed that our Galaxy contains previously undiscovered islands of cold gas and a mysterious haze of microwaves. These results give scientists new treasure to mine and take them closer to revealing the blueprint of cosmic structure.

Central and eastern Europe make history with small satellites
 
13 February 2012   The first satellites entirely designed and built by Hungary, Poland, Romania are now orbiting Earth after today’s successful maiden flight of ESA's small Vega launcher.

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